Leadership
Trustees
B. Thomas Golisano, Chairman
G. Thomas Clark, Trustee Emeritus
Philip J. DiPasquale
Mary Walsh Boatfield
David Still
Cenette Burdine
William W. Destler, PhD
Charles Graham
Steve Salluzzo
Tom Hammond
Trustees
B. Thomas Golisano, Chairman
G. Thomas Clark
Philip J. DiPasquale
Mary Walsh Boatfield
David Still
Cenette Burdine
William W. Destler, PhD
Charles Graham
Steve Salluzzo
Erica Dayton
Executive Director
Erica Dayton assumed leadership of the Golisano Foundation in 2023 after joining the organization in 2019 as Grants Manager. She brings more than 15 years of experience in the nonprofit and grant administration sector, with a strong record of advancing inclusion, accessibility, and empowerment across communities.
Before joining the Foundation, Erica spent a decade at the University of Rochester in various research support roles, including Research Administrator and Grant Accountant. Since her arrival at the Golisano Foundation, she has cultivated strong collaborative relationships with service providers and community leaders, helping to refine the Foundation’s strategic direction and deepen its community impact. Her leadership and advocacy were recognized by Special Olympics New York with the 2025 Game Changer Award.
In her current role as Director, Erica plays a central part in coordinating Tom Golisano’s personal philanthropy, including several transformative initiatives. These include the 2025 creation of the Golisano Children’s Alliance, uniting ten children’s hospitals across the eastern United States that bear the Golisano name, and the historic $500 million in unrestricted giving to 125 nonprofit organizations in 2024, supporting education, health, disability services, animal welfare, and community causes across Upstate New York and Southwest Florida.
Under Erica’s leadership, the Golisano Foundation has received a significant infusion of $52 million from Mr. Golisano, increasing its total assets to approximately $120 million. This growth has expanded the Foundation’s annual grantmaking capacity to over $5 million to nonprofits serving individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and advancing animal welfare in Western New York and Southwest Florida.
Erica holds a Master of Science in Strategic Leadership from Roberts Wesleyan University and a Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies with a Certificate in Nonprofit Management from St. John Fisher University.
Kaitlin (Graham) McNamara
Bailey & Friends Managing Director
Kaitlin (Graham) McNamara leads the grantmaking process in Southwest Florida that supports services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). She also processes grants and maintains relationships with animal welfare organizations in Western New York and Southwest Florida through the Foundation’s Bailey and Friends Fund.
Kaitlin joined the Foundation in 2019 as Program Officer for Bailey and Friends and coordinated the expansion of the B. Thomas Golisano Collection at the RIT Archives.
Prior to her work at the Foundation, Kaitlin was a Speech Language Pathologist in St. Louis, Missouri, and for Happiness House in Canandaigua and Geneva, and for CP Rochester.
Hilary Argentieri
Grant Specialist
Hilary Argentieri will assist in the grant making process that supports services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). She also processes grants and maintains relationships with animal welfare organizations through the Foundation’s Bailey and Friends Fund.
Hilary Argentieri joined the Golisano Foundation in August as a Grant Specialist. She recently completed her certificate in Professional Fundraising from Boston University.
Before joining the Foundation, Hilary was most recently a Charitable Gift Associate for the YMCA of Greater Rochester, as well as an entrepreneur in the field of photography for the past 25 years.